Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Getting Into Gear

How's your June going so far? Mine has been pretty awesome! Marathon training begins this Sunday, so I'm getting ready and following a pretty good training schedule this week. Harry and I are also trying to stay on track with nutrition.

I had such a pretty ride Monday morning!

I have 45 minutes of spin or cycling on the schedule for Mondays, and no matter how late I stayed out Sunday night watching the Blackhawks play lose, I got my booty up and hit the trails. It was about 75*F and very humid at wheels down at 6:00am, but it cooled down quite a bit toward the end of my ride about an hour later.

I started a lifeguard certification course on Monday, so I was in the pool for a short swim test (300 yards, two-minute treading, and a brick dive test), and A LOT of jumping into the pool. :) I love that I'll be able to help people in need for water emergencies, but I probably won't be looking for any lifeguard jobs anytime soon. My students swim once a week, and it will make it easier on staff if I'm able to lifeguard.

We've been in the pool every day, so I've omitted my morning swims (two this week).

I did an out and back yesterday morning, just three miles. My legs felt a bit tired, perhaps from the ride on Monday. I'm hoping that I can combat this a bit with some easier runs between speedwork and long runs. And after swimming for nearly three hours yesterday, I was D-O-N-E training for the day!

I got up this morning and got some Yoga/Pilates done at the gym. I have reason to believe that the wonkiness in my knee is due to IT band tightness, so I'll be working extra hard on hip-opening poses, twists, and corework during marathon training. So much stretching needs to take place!

Harry and I will join the /R/iver /R/unners tonight to celebrate National Running Day. The rest of this week should go just as smoothly. I think I'm going to start recording my weekly mileage and pacing here on the bloggie, so I can review and log how I felt during the week. :)

I'm off to pick up Harry from the train station so we can go run with the team! I leave you with this...a Chicago bunny.

2 comments:

Where on gods green earth...did you find green earth??? I'm getting a little tandem attachment and tagging along next time. You think that I'm joking ;)We did major hamstring work in yoga on Monday, and it was just what I needed, though it kicked my a$$ after my longest run in a long time that morning (also straight into Chicago headwind. Thanks. NOT). But thank goodness for it--I can't imagine what shape I would have been in the next day without it!And I've seen bunnies around here, too! By Northwestern and in Millennium park, so random!

I start marathon training in two Sundays!! Woot! And I start my CPR training July 17. Then hopefully get my personal trainer cert by the end of July. Hooray for helping people! Great swims. I really need to swim more.